The Flight of the Tombaugh Master Post (J2 RPS AU, PG-13)
Title: The Flight of the Tombaugh
Genre/Pairing: J2 RPS AU
Rating: PG-13
Word count: ~29k
Warnings: Ridiculous cameos. Half-assed understanding of space travel and spaceship speed. Traces of Chad.
Disclaimer: Well obviously none of this ever happened. I mean, space.
Summary:
Jensen and Jared are smugglers, traveling the back lanes of settled space in Jensen's ship the Tombaugh. Then one of their friends comes to them with a job - help a fellow criminal get a girl off a frozen moon and return her to her stepfather. It seems like a simple thing for a lot of money, but it turns out the girl has a secret and she's convinced her stepdad wants her dead because of it. Jared wants the girl to live. Jensen wants to keep his ship. Their decision to do both will lead them to space stations, far-flung settlements, and the edge of galactic nowhere, and pit them against cops, cultists, other criminals, and ultimately their own desperate decisions.
Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five
AO3
Author's Note | Art on LJ | Art on DW
Thanks!
dear-tiger as always, for indulging me with Russian place names, giving me good beta notes, and commenting (accurately) that one of J&J's ideas is “the dumbest plan in the history of ever”
cassiopeia7, my poor beleaguered artist, for picking my summary for the second year in a row, and making fabulous art. Check it out!
wrenlet for trying to help me figure out early on what the plot could be, and sharing my squee over the appearance of Captain Ford
@lasrina for also trying to help with the plot, even tho her idea was “tentacles!”
my writing group for early critique and suggestions, especially Allyson for asking “Is this going to be adventurey or canned-ham-y?” which made me laugh so hard I almost fell off my chair
wendy for her continued and expert modding, and for letting us extend our deadline
and Han Solo, OG space smuggler and, in the person of Harrison Ford, my longest-running crush
Genre/Pairing: J2 RPS AU
Rating: PG-13
Word count: ~29k
Warnings: Ridiculous cameos. Half-assed understanding of space travel and spaceship speed. Traces of Chad.
Disclaimer: Well obviously none of this ever happened. I mean, space.
Summary:
Jensen and Jared are smugglers, traveling the back lanes of settled space in Jensen's ship the Tombaugh. Then one of their friends comes to them with a job - help a fellow criminal get a girl off a frozen moon and return her to her stepfather. It seems like a simple thing for a lot of money, but it turns out the girl has a secret and she's convinced her stepdad wants her dead because of it. Jared wants the girl to live. Jensen wants to keep his ship. Their decision to do both will lead them to space stations, far-flung settlements, and the edge of galactic nowhere, and pit them against cops, cultists, other criminals, and ultimately their own desperate decisions.
Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five
AO3
Author's Note | Art on LJ | Art on DW
Thanks!
dear-tiger as always, for indulging me with Russian place names, giving me good beta notes, and commenting (accurately) that one of J&J's ideas is “the dumbest plan in the history of ever”
cassiopeia7, my poor beleaguered artist, for picking my summary for the second year in a row, and making fabulous art. Check it out!
wrenlet for trying to help me figure out early on what the plot could be, and sharing my squee over the appearance of Captain Ford
@lasrina for also trying to help with the plot, even tho her idea was “tentacles!”
my writing group for early critique and suggestions, especially Allyson for asking “Is this going to be adventurey or canned-ham-y?” which made me laugh so hard I almost fell off my chair
wendy for her continued and expert modding, and for letting us extend our deadline
and Han Solo, OG space smuggler and, in the person of Harrison Ford, my longest-running crush